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W. WRIGHT.

(No Model.)

WHIP sooKET.

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\VILLIAM \VRIGHT, OF PLYMOUTH, COUNTY OF DEVON, ENGLAND.

WHIP SOCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,374, dated January1, 1889.

Application filed May 21, 1888. Serial No. 274,469. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM WRIGHT, a citizen of Great Britain, residingat Plymouth, in the county of Devon, England, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in \Vhip-Sockets; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable oth er s skilled in the art to which it appertainsto make and use the same.

This invention relates to whip-sockets; and it consists in the novelconstruction and combination of the parts, as hereinafter lull ydescribed and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section through thewhip-socket. Fig. 2 is a cross-section taken on line :1: in Fig. 1, andFig. 3 is a cross-section taken on line y g in Fig. 1. r

The socket consists of a tube, A, of metal or other suitable materialfrom which a whipsocket may be formed, and a a bot-tom plate secured atthe lower end of the tube and provided with the air-hole a. V

B are slots cut in the top of the socket, and I) is a concavo-convcXbulge formed in the at its upper end. The slots 3 are preferablyopen-ended, and the top of the socket strengthened by the collar E,secured to it by the rivets G. The collar is provided with thebell-mouthed flange 6, so that the end of the whip may he slid easilyinto the socket, and a shoulder, e, is also "formed at the top of thecollar E. This shoulder rests upon the top end of the tube. It forms aguide in riveting the collar on, and it prevents the whip-handle frombeing scratched and cut by the top edge of the tube.

F are india-rubber rollers having bearingholes f.

Gr is a ring of wire, which is placed in the bulge Z), and which forms acircular bearing for the rollers. The wire ring might be flattened whereit passes through the rollers, and the rollers might be made of othermaterial besides india-rubber; but by making the holes f larger indiameter than the wire the elastic material of which the rollers areformed accommodates itself to the curve of the bearing, so that therollers turn freely when the wl'lip-handle is thrust into the socket.

II are loops for the straps which secure the socket to the vehicle.These loops are formed by cutiing two long holes, 72, in the metal ofthe socket and pressingout the metal between the said holes beyond theplane of the periphery of the socket until the loop H is formed, throughwhich the fastening-strap' may be slid. The wire ring G does not requireto have its ends joined together, as when. they are simply buttedtogether they are held securely by the metal of the socket, and theslots being open-ended the metal between them can be sprung back farenough for the ring to be placed in the bulge before the top collar isriveted on. Three rollers are preferably used; but more than three maybeemployed, if desired.

\Vhat 1 clainris- 1. -In a whip-socket, the combination, with a tube forthe whip-hamlle, provided with a bell-mouthed flange at its upper endand slots or apertures in its sides below the flange, of the revolublerollers projecting through the said apertures in the upper end of thetube.

2. In a whip-socket, the combination, with a tube for the wl'lip-handle,of an unyielding 1 ring secured to the mouth of the tube, and

rollers of elastic material having holes of larger diameter than theportions of the said ring upon which they are journaled.

3. In awhip-socket, the combination, with a tube provided with slots atits upper end and a circumferential bulge formed in the metal betweenthe said slots, of a ring sup ported by the said bulge, and rollersjournaled on the ring and projecting through the slots.

4:. In a whip-socket, the combination, with a tube provided with slotsat its upper end, of a ring secured to the tube between the slots, androllers of elastic material having holes of larger diameter than thesaid ring upon which they are journaled.

5. In a whip-socket; the combination, with a tube having slots at itsupper end and a circumferential bulge formed in the metal between theslots, of a ring having its ends butted together and held in position bythe said bulge, and india-rubber rollers journaled upon the said ringandprojectin g through the slots.

6. In a Whip-socket, the combination, with a tube provided withopen-ended slots at its upper end, of a ring secured inside the tubebetween the slots, rollers projecting through the slots and journaledupon the said ring, and a collar secured to the top of the tube abovethe rollers.

7. I11 a whip-socket, the combination, with a tube provided withopen-ended slots at its upper end, of a ring secured inside the tubebetween the slots, rollers journaled upon the ring and projectingthrough the slots, and a collar secured to the tube and provided with 15a bell-mouthed flange, and a circular shoulder resting upon the top edgeof the tube.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

\VILLIAM \VRIGHT.

Witnesses:

CALEB E. DAVEY,

14 Portland Villas, Plymouth. WALTER G. FOX,

Hoe House, Plymouth.

